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Norwegian’s routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, observational study says. Caveats abound.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 18, 2024 Source:Routine jobs raise the risk of cognitive decline by 66% and dementia by 37%, study says Reference:Trajectories of Occupational Cognitive Demands and Risk of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Later Life
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Erectile dysfunction may be a harbinger for microvascular disease thus leading to cognitive decline later in life according to study. Headlines seems to imply that low sexual satisfaction is the causative agent when it is not so.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for May 31, 2023 Source:Low sexual satisfaction linked to memory decline later in life: study Reference:Erectile Function, Sexual Satisfaction, and Cognitive Decline in Men From Midlife to Older Adulthood
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Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 8, 2023 Source:Previous COVID infection linked to lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems: study Reference:Neurocognitive and psychiatric symptoms following infection with COVID-19: Evidence from laboratory and population studies
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Unpublished non-peer-reviewed short-term study on possible COVID-19-induced cognitive decline used self-reported unverified data with no baseline controls or knowledge of the patients cognitive status prior to infection.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for October 28, 2020 Source:Coronavirus linked to mental decline, may age some patients’ brains by 10 years: study
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Ketogenic drink may help curb mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease but then again it may not. Only 52 people involved in this small study.
Health Headlines Commentary for May 27, 2019 Source: Ketone drink may one day fight Alzheimer’s disease and dementia Reference: A ketogenic drink improves brain energy and some measures of cognition in mild cognitive impairment
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ASA does not prevent Alzheimer Disease
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for October 5, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Aspirin May Slow Brain Decline In Elderly Women With Heart Risk Reference: “Does low-dose acetylsalicylic acid prevent cognitive decline in women with high cardiovascular risk? A 5-year follow-up of a non-demented population-based cohort of Swedish elderly women”
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Gait changes may be an early predictor of cognitive decline
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 16, 2012 [display_podcast] Source: Gait Changes May Signal Cognitive Decline, Presage Alzheimer’s
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Chemotherapy's effect on brain function to be studied
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for May 2, 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Researchers study possible links between chemotherapy and memory loss